TY  - BOOK
AU  - Desai, Madhavi
TI  - Women architects and modernism in India : : narratives and contemporary practices
SN  - 9781138210691 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London ;  , New York : 
PB  - Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, New Delhi, India : Exclusively distributed by Manohar Publishers & Distributors
KW  - Women architects
KW  - India
KW  - Architects
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Architectural practice
KW  - Modern movement Architecture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-404) and index; Part I --Introduction --Part II --Modernism, Architecture and Women in India --Part III --Early Narratives --1. Perin Jamshedji Mistri --2. Urmila Eulie Chowdhury --3. Gira Sarabhai --4. Pravina Mehta --5. Hema Sankalia --6. Hema Patel --7. Madhu Sarin Part IV Contemporary Practices --8. Minakshi Jain --9. Renu Mistry --10. Namita Singh --11. Brinda Somaya --12. Neera Adarkar --13. Meena Mani --14. Parul Zaveri --15. Nalini Thakur --16. Revathi Kamath --17. Sheila Sri Prakash --18. Vandana Ranjithsinh --19. Anjali Yagnik-- 20. Sujatha Shankar --21. Sonali Bhagwati --22. Suhasini Ayer-Guigan --23. Canna Patel --24. Chitra Vishwanath --25. Shimul Javeri Kadri --26. Samira Rathod --27. Pratima Joshi --28. Gurmeet Rai --29. Anupama Kundoo --30. Latha Raman Jaigopal --31. Mona Doctor-Pingel --32. Nisha Mathew --3. Shikha Jain --34. Archana Chaudhary --35. Shilpa Ranade --Part V --Towards Conclusions
N2  - "Studies on architecture in South Asia continue to ignore women in canonical histories of the discipline. This book attempts to recover the stories of the women architects whose careers nearly parallel the development of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India. Writing their experiences into the narrative of mainstream architectural history within the challenge of non-existent archives, it sheds light on seven pioneering women who broke male bastions to go beyond the traditional confines of the era from the 1940s onwards. The author also examines 28 contemporary practices to demonstrate the ways in which architectural modernism in India was shaped by the contribution of women. The book uses a format that weaves together social, professional and biographical factors into a productive account; pluralizes various concepts of design; and redefines the idea of 'work' of women through a greater range of activities, including pedagogy, mentoring and activism. Alluding to challenges faced by women, the study celebrates practices in diverse regional settings even as the designers move in transnational contexts in an increasingly globalizing India."
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